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MiriamYeung
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How to make a reverse dictionary via `glossaries` package?

Post by MiriamYeung »

Hi, dear friends,

I want to compile an new English terms on my proffesional field collections. It's much like a dictionary but in reverse sort of words for learning convenience, e.g.
...
romance ...
...(other words whose root is "-ance")
science ...
...
romantic ...
...
Titantic ...
...
scientific ...
I am going to write the words as follow

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\newglossaryentry{romantic}{name=romantic,
description={(corresponding paraphrase)}
}
but can't find any sort option fit my demand. Please give me a hand.

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nlct
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How to make a reverse dictionary via `glossaries` package?

Post by nlct »

With the latest version of glossaries (v3.0) there's a new package option called sort. You can use this to sort the entries according to order of definition (sort=def) or order of usage (sort=use), if that helps.

Regards
Nicola Talbot
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